$9000.00 Loyalty Grant money
Complaint
BiG.ViKiNG
Country: United States
I'm here in San Francisco and I just got off of the phone with a broken English speaking man that stated he was from Washington DC...government grant approval dept.
The number that I received a call from at first was from what my caller ID said was a Nevada number...caller only stated that he was calling from United States. I was told by a person that said his name was Steven Young...he stated that I had been selected to receive a once in a lifetime personal Loyalty Grant in the amount of 9 thousand dollars.( Be careful now) because he also stated that I would need to give him an account number or card number to receive the total amount today. He gave me a number...(202)630-1235...and stated that I had to give another person at that number (Washington DC #) my info that I would be using for the deposit along with...GK1429...my grant approval #.
Just to follow this little scam out I gave the person on the other line an old but active chime account and routing number to use for the deposit.
Individual then stated that I would need to get a prepaid debit account card (visa, MasterCard, American Express, of Western Union prepaid) that I would be putting amount of $200 that would be covering wiring and transfer fees and charges that would need to be paid before I would receive any of the 9 racks ...YA RIGHT! BE CAREFUL...WATCH YOUR ASSets.
I IMMEDIATELY FOUND THE INFO THAT THIS WAS INDEED...drumroll...A SCAM
TIME: 815-845AM
DATE: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23RD
BiG.ViKiNG in San Francisco,Northern California
SCAMMER...LOYALTY GRANT $9000.
The number that I received a call from at first was from what my caller ID said was a Nevada number...caller only stated that he was calling from United States. I was told by a person that said his name was Steven Young...he stated that I had been selected to receive a once in a lifetime personal Loyalty Grant in the amount of 9 thousand dollars.( Be careful now) because he also stated that I would need to give him an account number or card number to receive the total amount today. He gave me a number...(202)630-1235...and stated that I had to give another person at that number (Washington DC #) my info that I would be using for the deposit along with...GK1429...my grant approval #.
Just to follow this little scam out I gave the person on the other line an old but active chime account and routing number to use for the deposit.
Individual then stated that I would need to get a prepaid debit account card (visa, MasterCard, American Express, of Western Union prepaid) that I would be putting amount of $200 that would be covering wiring and transfer fees and charges that would need to be paid before I would receive any of the 9 racks ...YA RIGHT! BE CAREFUL...WATCH YOUR ASSets.
I IMMEDIATELY FOUND THE INFO THAT THIS WAS INDEED...drumroll...A SCAM
TIME: 815-845AM
DATE: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23RD
BiG.ViKiNG in San Francisco,Northern California
SCAMMER...LOYALTY GRANT $9000.
Comments
Probably not a good idea.
I traced the callers (2 numbers)...PING...turned out they were using a platform called SPOOF MY CALL...and both numbers were from net10/TracPhone...both Mac Address...as well as IPs were originating from Thailand...multiple Weak firewalls as well as free service vpns from Metro PCS ...by TMobile.
I temp tagged my caller ID using Legal apps via Annonimizer/HIDE.MY.ASS.ORG...I switched out my real number for the second phone number I was given by the 1st caller...now it looks as if the second caller that I spoke with was calling the first number...then I thought about it...why not just D.D.O.S. that ass.?.
✓✓✓...sms boomba!
9,000 texts...sounds about right...at 9 second intervals.
PPHHRRREEEAAAKKKKKKKD THAT ASS.
DONT ATTEMPT TO DUPLICATE payback. Unless you know a lil sumthin.
The number that I received a call from at first was from what my caller ID said was a Nevada number...caller only stated that he was calling from United States. I was told by a person that said his name was Steven Young...he stated that I had been selected to receive a once in a lifetime personal Loyalty Grant in the amount of 9 thousand dollars.( Be careful now) because he also stated that I would need to give him an account number or card number to receive the total amount today. He gave me a number...(202)630-1235...and stated that I had to give another person at that number (Washington DC #) my info that i would get it back I called the other number they said I had to buy a200$card that would be reimbursed that day with 9000 on it as well